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Holy Potato
Status: Pareidolia
Cranky Media Guy wants to know "Who in the press can we implore to PLEASE MAKE THIS NONSENSE STOP?"He's referring to the most recent finding of a holy potato. From thelocal.de:
A potato destined for the fryer has become a holy relic to some Berliners after a woman cut it open only to find an image of a cross inside.
Birgül Balta, 49, was cutting potatoes for French fries at her home in Berlin's Charlottenburg district when the cross-shaped cavity inside one of the spuds stopped her cold.
"There was a strange sort of crackling sound like pressure was being released. When she opened it she found that - two perfect crosses," Balta's husband, Robert White, told The Local.
Birgül Balta, 49, was cutting potatoes for French fries at her home in Berlin's Charlottenburg district when the cross-shaped cavity inside one of the spuds stopped her cold.
"There was a strange sort of crackling sound like pressure was being released. When she opened it she found that - two perfect crosses," Balta's husband, Robert White, told The Local.
Of course, I assume Cranky knows the answer to his question. There is no one we can appeal to. The nonsense will never stop. Ever.
Related post: some other holy spuds
Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 11
Category: Pareidolia, Religion
Category: Pareidolia, Religion
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Yeah, it was really kind of a rhetorical scream for help.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:53 PM
How about Jesus in an ultrasound?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353230,00.html
Potatoes, trees, wombs - it's just impossible to escape the guy.
Posted by Nona on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:28 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353230,00.html
Potatoes, trees, wombs - it's just impossible to escape the guy.
But... but... by slicing it they could make Holy Potato Chips! Think of the eBay possibilities.
A genuine chip off the Holy Spud
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Thu May 08, 2008 at 07:50 AM
A genuine chip off the Holy Spud
Cranky, why would you want the nonsense to stop? What would entertain us then?
Posted by Big Gary in Noonday, Texas on Thu May 08, 2008 at 08:37 AM
I hope they'll save some eyes from this tater. If you could breed potatoes that consistently produced this pattern, slices of them could serve as all-natural communion wafers.
Posted by Big Gary in Noonday, Texas on Thu May 08, 2008 at 08:39 AM
"Holy french-fries, Batman!!! Another vision..."
Posted by Christopher in Warm, sunny Florida!!! on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:37 PM
Posted by LaMa in Europe on Thu May 08, 2008 at 09:45 PM
"Cranky, why would you want the nonsense to stop? What would entertain us then?"
Are you not aware of the yeoman's work done by the fine people at Fox News Channel?
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Fri May 09, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Are you not aware of the yeoman's work done by the fine people at Fox News Channel?
Posted by KSho on Fri May 09, 2008 at 07:57 PM
Things like this get media attention because the media just does not want to cover anything important - like the shoes I'm wearing.
Posted by Christopher Cole in Tucson, AZ on Tue May 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM
And the woman was not even a christian - she was muslim.
Posted by Andocker in Zurich on Tue May 20, 2008 at 03:48 AM
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